Graham Landin
Graham Landin (b. 1982) is a visual artist and carpenter who lives and works in Richmond, BC. Drawing influence from classical antiquity, off-grid culture, folk art and a variety of modernisms, Landin makes pavilions, sculptures, furniture objects and wall reliefs. Since relocating his studio to agricultural land in 2018, he has employed a chainsaw to work swiftly at the scale of the human body. His work has been exhibited in Canada and the United States, and he has created over thirty sculptures for Stüssy International’s flagship stores.
Michael Drebert
Michael Drebert’s artistic practice often takes the form of symbolic journeys, repeated gestures, small events and subtle ceremonies. For Drebert, empirical experience and personal encounters are critical ways of exploring the complexities of the natural world. In some cases, these passages are ends unto themselves; in others, they are motivated by a particular task or quest. The artist has, for example, travelled to distant sites to reunite objects and materials that have been separated over time. Closer to home, Drebert has developed a number of projects that involve daily practices, routines and invented customs. Elegant in their simplicity, these poetic and sensitive interventions often unfold within exhibition contexts as painted shapes, and texts using India ink on large pieces of paper–stories relayed by the traveller.
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Fresh Eyes, 2023
Nicole Ondre
Nicole Ondre (b. 1986) draws inspiration from knots as practical tools, expressive forms, and mathematical objects. Her work in ceramic sculpture contemplates underlying structures in the material world. Recent solo exhibitions include Torsion (2024) at Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin; Heatwork (2023) at Tanya Leighton Gallery, Los Angeles; and Pirl (2022) at CSA Space, Vancouver. Ondre’s work was included in the two-person exhibition The Eyes Have Walls (2020) with Mina Totino at the West Vancouver Art Museum. Other group exhibitions include As Blue As Devotion (2024) at Two Seven Two Gallery in Toronto; And down below the earth shown bright (2023) at ILY2, Portland; and Heart View Knot Bird (2022) at Tanya Leighton Gallery, Los Angeles. Since 2010, Ondre has also worked collaboratively with Vanessa Disler as Feminist Land Art Retreat. She is also represented by Tanya Leighton Gallery.
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Primes, 2023